If you could go back...

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2003-10-05 02:13pm

and redo one thing in your life, what would it be and why would you do it?

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-10-05 02:14pm

apocolypse wrote:and redo one thing in your life, what would it be and why would you do it?

Tell myself not to quit Pre-Algebra in sixth grade. Closed a lot of doors for me.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2003-10-05 02:18pm

Probably not get so upset at Rob two months ago.

*shrug* not that I'm still crying or anything, but it was nice to have sex on a regular basis.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-10-05 02:34pm

I could go and say that I wished I never got married the first time.

However... that would derail an entire train of events, some bad, some good, that leads me to where I am, engaged to SirNitram, and very happy.

SirNitram · Post by **SirNitram** » 2003-10-05 02:35pm

If I could go back, with all the knowledge I have today...

I'd buy the correct lotto ticket last night, of course!

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-10-05 02:39pm

I've made some errors, certainly, but I have no regrets.

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-10-05 02:40pm

SirNitram wrote:If I could go back, with all the knowledge I have today...

I'd buy the correct lotto ticket last night, of course!

I take it we lost our $2 again...

Shadow WarChief · Post by **Shadow WarChief** » 2003-10-05 02:44pm

Aside from winning the lotto.....

I'd go back to kindergarden and not have a very public crush on the girl who sat behind me and save myself the eventual public humiliation. This single event when I was 5 years old has really made me a social recluse. Public humiliation is one of my greatest fears and it keeps me from doing a lot of stuff and it's all because of something I did when I was 5 years old...

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Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-10-05 02:54pm

I'd redo my 9th grade year. The year before, I was getting decent grades and had some friends, but that went down the shitter the year after. I could have fixed that by taking honors English instead of academic, because there were so many dickheads in the class. Then, I wouldn't be so open about me feelings toward others. This probably eliminated my chance of ever dating a girl. Then, I'd find new friends, because my "friends" then were just a bunch of backstabbing pricks. Finally, I'd actually study.

The Cleric · Post by **The Cleric** » 2003-10-05 03:38pm

Going back and winning the lotto seems to be one o the most popular options. However, I'd also like to get to re-race ross country counties in 2002. I sucked really bad, and personally cost the win.

Solauren · Post by **Solauren** » 2003-10-05 04:16pm

Lotto numbers

Okay, seriously

Stop 9-11 comes to mind

However, since I probably wouldn't be able to do that.

Lottery, stock market, take over world via cash

El Moose Monstero · Post by **El Moose Monstero** » 2003-10-05 04:27pm

Probably have a better time at university last year by going to the Tae Kwon Do socials straight away instead of in the third term, hence finding the people who were actually fun to be with a hell of a lot earlier and spending less time alone in my room. Ah well.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-10-05 04:30pm

I'd like to go back in time and slap the face of my self. As a child i was a cocky arrogant self-centred prick who acted with out thinkign and who caused his own family a lot of pain. It wasn't untill i got engaged that i became somethign resembeling a civilised human being. If i had early warning that my antics would case my dad to nearly die i'd maybe i'd have truend out better.

I'd also advise myself to do the Networking MCP, Programing was a mistake.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-10-05 04:43pm

I wouldn't have eaten that moldy bagel yesterday. That thing cleared me out good.

Pablo Sanchez · Post by **Pablo Sanchez** » 2003-10-05 05:02pm

I've got basically no regrets. Possibly I would have joined the high school or church choir, because I have a great singing voice that went to waste because I never developed it. It would have been a nice talent to have.

Knife · Post by **Knife** » 2003-10-05 05:04pm

Invest heavily in the tech markets in the early 90's and pull out in the late 90's.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2003-10-05 05:27pm

Buy a shitload of Microsoft shares early on and dump all of them today (hopefully making me rich and badly damaging the company).

Um...I'd have started on my Trill-type spot tattoos earlier (before DS9 came out).

I'd like to say I wouldn't have joined the Navy and thereby fucked up my health, but I met some people in the Navy I'd die for, so it was a fair trade.

I'd have started exercising sooner just to get used to it.

I'd have taken art every single year of high school.

And that one time Michelle's parents were being really cruel to him, I wouldn't have let my mom take me home. I'd have followed my gut and protected him if it meant killing them (he has some really bad physical and emotional scars that I think might not be there today if we'd stayed). And I would have made my mom take him and his brother in sooner.

I'd have asked my mom more about her life before I was born. It's hard learning about her from her siblings now that she's gone.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2003-10-05 05:41pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:I wouldn't have eaten that moldy bagel yesterday. That thing cleared me out good.

Oh shit. Literally. This reminds me of another regret. When I was at that brunch (about age 14) I wouldn't have tried that "apple pie" that turned out to be fish liver quiche with extra skin. It was the single most disgusting thing I've ever experienced. Worse than low-crawling through goose excrement with cuts from having just done the Marine Corps Daily Dozen on concrete. Worse by far than boot camp. Worse than cleaning the female staff head at building 1405 on RTC Great Lakes, and having to scrub caked makeup from the counter and chip an inch-thick hardened lump of formerly liquid soap from the floor beneath the dispenser (needed a putty knife for that).

I puked so hard when I tasted that shit...there were scales and bones, I swear...it was horrid. I actually drank Listerine that day and cursed out one of my mom's friends. My mom was on the floor laughing.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2003-10-05 05:57pm

I would never have gotten married. Biggest mistake of my life. In retrospect, however, I like where I am now, so...I dunno....
Man, I miss my daughter alot, though...ahh...memories...

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-10-05 06:00pm

Maybe go back in time with a copy of the script of a majorly popular movie/book ect and make it my own.

IndustrialNoise · Post by **IndustrialNoise** » 2003-10-05 06:02pm

I would probably not change anything, becuase it would cause everything else to change, and i pretty much like my life right now.

Mitth`raw`nuruodo · Post by **Mitth`raw`nuruodo** » 2003-10-05 06:57pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:I'd redo my 9th grade year. The year before, I was getting decent grades and had some friends, but that went down the shitter the year after. I could have fixed that by taking honors English instead of academic, because there were so many dickheads in the class. Then, I wouldn't be so open about me feelings toward others. This probably eliminated my chance of ever dating a girl. Then, I'd find new friends, because my "friends" then were just a bunch of backstabbing pricks. Finally, I'd actually study.

..... same basic thing here.... back up my life to the beginning of this year, change the same things Smi is saying...

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2003-10-05 07:10pm

Taken some music lessons when I was a kid. By the time I got middle school and started learning to play the violin in music class, I was well behind the learning curve since I no musical background at all. I think that having the background would help me understand and enjoy music a lot more.

Other than that, know the winning lottery numbers (damn, it was $25 million last week!) and start going out with my GF a bit earlier.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-10-05 07:16pm

Not tell a certain person (NOT the Mister M) that I was even remotely interested in him. I don't like the idea of him going out of his way to treat me like a fuckbuddy. I don't want that, ESPECIALLY while I've a potential boyfriend.

[EDIT] Note I don't regret this.. I just don't like that I did it. There's only one thing that I regret, but I despise this a lot more.

~ver

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2003-10-05 08:24pm

Lord Pounder wrote:Maybe go back in time with a copy of the script of a majorly popular movie/book ect and make it my own.

Go back in time to 1960 with the scripts for all the good SW and Trek movies and shows, the Matrix trilogy, American Beauty, What Dreams May Come, the M. Night Shyamalan movies, Grand Canyon, Kill Bill, and La Cage Aux Folles. Take all the special effects tech from today and remake them. I'd be a cinema goddess in no time. Assuming I killed Roddenberry and Lucas first.

Can you imagine the thrill of watching 1960 moviegoers have coronaries at the sight of Neo or the Hulk doing their thing with today's effects? People would think it was the end of the world, that I was the devil or something. The pretty little warlock husband wouldn't help either...

Scratch La Cage Aux Folles. The original is just too damned funny and I couldn't outdo it.

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